Mr. Dato Timothy Ong, Acting Chairman of Brunei Economic Development Board, will visit Korea from May 10 to 15 by invitation of the Korea Foundation.

Mr. Ong is a leading Brunei businessman who is also the Acting Chairman of the Brunei Economic Development Board established by the Brunei government to promote foreign direct investment in Brunei Darussalam. He is active in public affairs in Brunei and abroad. He was Chairman of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in 2000 and Co-Chairman of ABAC in 2001. He represented Brunei in the APEC Eminent Persons Group (EPG) from 1993 to 1995 and was Chairman of the 23rd ASEAN-Japan Business Meeting.

In 2003, he served as Co-Chairman of the APEC CEO Summit 2003 in Thailand and as Deputy Chairman of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). He was Senior Advisor to the APEC CEO Summit in Santiago, Chile in 2004 and the APEC CEO Summit in Hanoi in 2006.

During his stay in Korea, he will visit the ASEAN-Korea Centre, Seoul National University, World Cup Park (Landfill Recovery Project), Gori Nuclear Power Site and meet THE Ambassador for Energy and Resources, MOFAT, to discuss ways to advance energy cooperation between Korea and Brunei. He will also have a chance to experience diverse aspects of Korea by visiting the Seoul Museum of History, the National Museum of Korea, and Gyeongju.

The BEDB (Brunei Economic Development Board) is a statutory board established by His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam in November 2001 to be the leading economic development agency for Brunei Darussalam.